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Saying she is working to make a difference for the people she serves, Senator Catharine M. Young has officially announced she is seeking re-election to the New York State Senate in the 57th District, which encompasses Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany and half of Livingston counties. Senator Young is endorsed by the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform parties.

Bi-lingual sign off Route 86 -- one of a series as one travels through the Seneca Nation reservation. David Figura l [email protected] Three Native American tribes in Upstate New York have embraced and benefited from bilingual road signs on state highways crossing or bordering reservation land.

The University at Buffalo Center for Industrial Effectiveness is now a provider of ACT WorkKeys, a national assessment system that measures an individual's workplace skills. TCIE is the sole system provider in the Western New York counties of Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany.

It's been nearly four decades since two men were found murdered at a now-defunct ski resort in western New York, and the unsolved case remains open. State police are still investigating the shooting deaths of 30-year-old Stephen Bender and 29-year-old Michael Forness on Feb. 6, 1978 at the old Wing Hollow Ski Resort in the Cattaraugus County town of Allegany, near the Pennsylvania border 60 miles south of Buffalo.